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My play of "Terminator: Future Shock" is about halfway through :)

Shout out to @dosgameclub :msdos:

https://www.dosgameclub.com/

https://retro-jams.com/game/terminator-future-shock

#dosgaming

Bad Blood: Are you mutant enough?
Source: VideoGames and Computer Entertainment 16 (May 1990)
Scan Source: RetroMags

#retrogaming #c64gaming #dosgaming

Spot: The Computer Game!
Source: VideoGames and Computer Entertainment 18 (July 1990)
Scan Source: RetroMags

#amigagaming #c64gaming #dosgaming

I ran a few 86Box virtual machines on the MacBook Neo to check out its emulation capabilities. Everything works quite nicely, from discovering my existing retro machines, running all kinds of DOS games, MT-32 music emulation, even the floppy drive sounds.

The emulation performance seems to be very respectable for an A18Pro iPhone chip. I went through several virtual systems, from a slow 386SX all the way up to a Pentium MMX 233MHz and even, just for testing, a Pentium II 300MHz. The performance meter never dipped below 100% and everything did work as expected. I believe, this is VERY good news for retro gaming on this budget MacBook.

Conclusion: I'm very happy!

#RetroGaming #MacBookNeo #MacGaming #86Box #Emulation #Apple #MacBook #AppleA18Pro #Retro #Gaming #DOSGaming #Win95 #Windows95

Running virtual DOS systems on the MacBook Neo using 86Box.

This one is a 486DX-100MHz with MT-32 sound emulation running "The Secret of Monkey Island" in its 256-color VGA version. Everything looks and sounds perfectly!

Running virtual DOS systems on the MacBook Neo using 86Box.

This one is a 486DX-100MHz with an ISA Soundblaster 16 running SimCity 2000. Everything is fast and snappy!

Running virtual systems on the MacBook Neo using 86Box.
This one is a Pentium MMX 233MHz with running "Windows95".

inexplicably, the best parts of Sierra On-Line’s catalogue are often its least talked about. The Manhunter series has this absolutely bizarre setting - where aliens have devastated NYC and you work as a minion in their spy agency.

i can kind of understand why it became a cult rather than popular classic: it’s full of surprisingly graphic cartoony corpses, takes place in a post-apocalyptic city, and is full of dark humour. the polar opposite of every King’s Quest setting.

and exactly why i think it’s one of their best.

#sierra #adventureGames #dosGaming

The Manhunter: New York computer game box and some of its contents. The front of the box shows a destroyed statue of liberty with the ruins of new york city in the background.

The manual is called the Manhunter’s Field Guide is printed like a spy dossier.

The Official Manhunter Field Map is a brochure style map of NYC.

Hab' heute Nacht mal wieder 'n bisschen in Monkey Island weitergespielt. So gern ich die 16-Farben EGA Fassung mag, aber die 256 Farben der VGA Version sind ebenfalls einfach wunderschöne Pixellkunst! 😍

#RetroGaming #DOSGaming #LucasArts #LucasFilm #MonkeyIsland #Retro #Gaming #90er #90s #VGA #Farben #86Box #Emulation #DOS #IBMPC #Kunst

Diese armen Hunde... einfach vergiftet! - Szene aus dem Spiel "The Secret auf Monkey Island"

Die meuternde Crew! - Szene aus dem Spiel "The Secret auf Monkey Island"

Aussicht auf den Jungle - Szene aus dem Spiel "The Secret auf Monkey Island"

Der große Affenkopf - Szene aus dem Spiel "The Secret auf Monkey Island"

Aus "The Secret of Monkey Island"... Kann es sein, dass das eine Anspielung auf die Adventures von Sierra war? In Space Quest bin ich, wie ich mich erinnern kann, auch ziemlich oft gestorben. Und das sah dann immer ähnlich aus! 😉

#RetroGaming #DOSGaming #LucasArts #LucasFilm #MonkeyIsland #SierraOnline #SpaceQuest #Retro #Gaming #90er #90s #VGA #86Box #Emulation #DOS #IBMPC

Wrath of the Demon
Source: Megazone 10 (November 1990)
Scan Source: RetroMags

#amigagaming #c64gaming #dosgaming

I'm checking out the "Wing Commander Overhaul Mod" by AllTinker. This actually works really well on a virtual 486DX-100MHz. By default, the game would run way too fast on such a powerful machine. But it's working with this mod. Very cool! Thanks to @glc for letting me know about this.

https://alltinker.itch.io/wcat

#RetroGaming #DOSGaming #PCGaming #WingCommander #86Box #Emulation #Retro #Gaming #90s

The Wing Commander Launcher Utility checking for available game files.

WING COMMANDER Launch Utility, main menu

Pro-Tipp für Fans von Monkey Island:

Installiert ihr euch das Spiel in einer echten DOS-Umgebung oder einem PC-Emulator, denkt immer daran, die neueste Version der MONKEY.EXE zu verwenden. Interpreter Version 5.0.19 deaktiviert, ganz offiziell und ohne jeden Crack, den Kopierschutz und startet direkt in das Spiel. Außerdem wurden nebenbei auch noch ein Haufen Fehler und Abstürze behoben. 😉

#MSDOS #PCDOS #DOS #MonkeyIsland #LucasArts #LucasFilm #Adventure #VGA #90s #90er #Retro #RetroGaming #DOSGaming #Gaming #Retro

The Secret of Monkey Island, VGA version, in einer 86Box VM.

MONKEY.EXE, Version 5.0.19... DOS-Ausgabe

A 386 at 25MHz and 4MB RAM is the perfect system for playing the original Wing Commander. The game was super sensitive to the CPU speed and often ran way too fast on modern CPUs... like a 486DX! 😂

#RetroGaming #DOSGaming #PCGaming #Gaming #Retro #WingCommander #Oldschool #Emulation #86Box #IBMPC #90s #90er #DOS #FloppyDisk #Diskette

Playing Wing Commander on a 86Box VM, powered by a 386 at 25MHz.

a long, long time ago one of the only places you could find MS-DOS abandonware was on Home of the Underdogs. every week I would crawl through its RPG and Adventure sections looking for the next underrated gem I had never heard of. among their “Top Dogs” were two infocom games: Circuit’s Edge and Mines of Titan.

although infocom became synonymous with text adventures/interactive fiction, it was also a publisher of graphical RPGs designed by westwood associates. these were fascinating games - a blend of dungeon crawling, text adventure, and NPC dialogues.

Circuit’s Edge is unique insofar as it is set in a futuristic middle east. the world is based on George Alec Effinger’s When Gravity Fails series, a cyberpunk setting with cybernetic implants, islam, and money. Effinger himself wrote all of the ingame text.

decades later I was finally able to buy physical copies. i always liked the cover art for circuit’s edge, and that they used artist Jean-Francois Podevin’s pre-vis sketch for the manual cover.

#infocom #rpg #dosGaming #bigboxgames

The cover art for Circuit’s Edge shows a man wearing large 1980s rayban terminator sunglasses. Reflected in them are a man in a head dress carrying a pistol, and scantily clad women in front of an archway with middle eastern design elements.

To the right is the same image, but it is a much rougher draft done in pen with squiggly lines.

Midwinter
Source: VideoGames and Computer Entertainment 18 (July 1990)
Scan Source: RetroMags

#retrogaming #amigagaming #dosgaming

A few more games to install on the Compaq Deskpro 386/25. These should definitely keep me busy for some time:

- SimFarm
- Flight Simulator 4.0
- Space Quest VGA
- Castle of the Winds

Retro gaming is still awesome in 2026! 😉

#RetroGaming #DOSGaming #PCGaming #Retro #90s #80s #RetroComputing #PCDOS #MSDOS #Emulation #86Box

Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0 running on PC DOS 5.02.

Castle of the Winds running on Windows 3.1

Setting up a virtual Compaq Deskpro 386/25 using yesterday's boot diskette and the latest 86Box. I added a 25MHz 386 CPU, a 387 co-processor, 4megs of RAM, VGA graphics as well as 315MB of disk space.

So far, everything works. This is fun! 😃

#RetroComputing #PCDOS #Compaq #Deskpro #386DX #Retro #80s #90s #DOSGaming #RetroGaming

Installing PC DOS 5.02 on a virtual Deskpro 386/25.

Using the Compaq Diagnostics boot disk to set up a virtual Deskpro 386/25.

System configuration of my virtual Deskpro 386/25.

IBM DOS Shell running on the new Deskpro 386/25. Retro file management!

Earlier tonight, I was searching the web for the official Compaq diagnostics disk to add a Compaq Deskpro 386/25 to my collection of 86Box virtual machines. This machine's from the late 80s and it does not have anything like a BIOS settings menu, but instead uses a bootable floppy disk instead.

Great success! I did not only find working disk images, but I even managed to download the original files from Compaq to create these disks in the first place. In both 3.5" and 5.25" versions! The files are named "SP0308.EXE" and "SP0316.EXE".

I'm reallly grateful to the community for preserving these files! 😃

#RetroComputing #Compaq #DOSGaming #RetroGaming #Emulation #86Box #PCEmulation #FloppyDisk